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A little update on Coco! I meant to post this last week, but I was sick with laryngitis for a full 7 days – ugh. The weather here isn’t exactly summery – it’s cold and rainy, and I am not happy.

Anyway! Coco is doing great! I took her to the vet past Wednesday for a check-up and to get her vaccinations. Kittens are supposed to get them at 8 weeks, but since we don’t know exactly how old Coco is, we have to guess. When I first got her, 3 weeks ago, the vet said she was too small, and guessed her age at 5 weeks. On Wednesday, he weighed her (0.6 kilos!), and she was finally big enough for them. He still maintained she’s around 8-9 weeks now, and she’s doing really well. Growing right on schedule, she’s active and playful and cuddly and just a real joy.

She has about doubled in size since I got her, and is finally making progress with befriending Misty and Peaches. They didn’t want much to do with her at first, but Misty happily plays with her now, and even Peaches seems less appalled at the sight of her lol. Coco is just adorable, purring loudly even when she just sees me or Ali – a little sweetheart.

Now that she’s been vaccinated, Misty and Peaches can go back outside – which I’m sure they’re happy about, as they were crying at the back door every morning in the past few weeks. They love going out into the backyard, yet they never roam. All I have to do is call their names from the backdoor, and they come running. :)

Coco has also been de-wormed and gotten anti-flea drops at the vet, and she’s due back in another 3 weeks for her second set of vaccinations. I can really tell the difference between her, Misty, and Peaches at the same age. Misty and Peaches were a good 9-10 weeks when I got them, older than Coco is now, and I can see the stages of their life I missed out on. Misty was bigger in size than Coco is now, and already a lot more shy and scared. Peaches was still tiny, because she was sick, and far quieter and less active than Coco is. It took her a good month to figure out how to climb onto the bed by herself – Coco sussed it out last week. She can climb anything fabric: couch, bed, chair, legs, and is a lot faster with figuring stuff out than Misty and Peaches were. I suppose it helps that she watches her big sisters jump up on things first, giving her the idea of how to do it! :P

Anyway, here’s a few more photos, these were taken yesterday: